1 / 101860 | M Visvesvaraya, considered India's greatest engineer, was born and his birth anniversary is celebrated as Engineers Day in the country. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
2 / 101916 | Military Tanks were used in warfare for the first time. Called the "Little Willies", the tanks were used at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, part of the Battle of the Somme. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
3 / 101928 | Scottish bacteriologist Alexander Fleming discovered the revolutionary antibiotic penicillin from Penicillium moulds while studying influenza. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
4 / 101953 | Vijayalakshmi Pandit was elected as the first woman to become the President of the eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
5 / 101959 | Doordarshan, India’s Public Service broadcaster started operations in New Delhi. (Image: Shutterstock)
6 / 101984 | Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex was born. (Image: Shutterstock)
7 / 101997 | Google.com was registered as a domain name. (Image: Shutterstock)
8 / 102004 | Non-Resident Indian director of 'Bend It Like Beckham', Gurinder Chadha, was crowned as ‘Woman of the Year ’at the GG2 Leadership and Diversity Awards. (Image: Reuters)
9 / 102008 | Investment banking company, Lehman Brothers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. This was the largest bankruptcy in United States history and one of the major events behind the 2008 Financial Crisis. (Image: Reuters)
10 / 102021 | SpaceX launched the first all-civilian spaceflight from Cape Canaveral, Florida, for a three-day trip into orbit around Earth. (Image: Reuters)
